Saturday, 28 December 2013

My tribute goes to the Russian painter Kazimir Malevich (Kiev, 23 februari
1878 - Leningrad, 15 mei 1935). Malevitsj/Malevich was a painter, art theoretician
and pioneer in geometric abstract art and one of the premium members of the
Russian avant-garde. For me he was a painter that went through different
periods of image making and he was not afraid of changing his painting methods
and style. His work is not meant to be a nice picture only but there is a world
of theory and ideology behind and I feel related to him in both ways. In
Facebook terms I would say: I LIKE!

Saturday, 21 December 2013

I've beena greatadmirer ofthedark, melancholicwork of Léon Spilliaert(1881-1946) since a very long time. The selectedwork 'Dike and Beach'is adrawingon paper, inkwashed.
In addition, afairlyrecent work bymyself'Diamond
Beach', oil on canvas.Always the same, always different.

Saturday, 14 December 2013

Two
years ago I visited The Broken Kilometer (1979) in New York at 393 West Broadway. Walter de Maria, American
sculptor, arranged five hundred highly polished,
pure brass rods, according to precise calculations. The total weight of his
installation is 18 ¾ tons. To me this is a unique place of solitude and silence, well hidden among endless
parades of stores. I like it when art reduces the speed of daily life, a place
for contemplation. This is a permanent installation; here some of the most expensive commercial real estate was held aside for a
unique experience of art.

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Hans de Bruijn recognises the romantic artist’s attitude - painterly recreating
a sublime perception in the paintings of Mark Rothko (1903-1970). He assigns a
deep methaphysical dimension in his paintings by his very specific use of paint
and color.
De Bruijn paints him after a photograph of the artist in his studio. Rothko’s monochrome composition is translated into air, water and beach. By the version from Hans de Bruijn, “Black on off-white and black and brownish
grey” we see the dark figure of the artist trois quart from behind, as it where in conversation with space,
and follow the direction in which he is looking. This image does make use of the “C.D.
Friedrich effect”, leading the spectator into space of thick paint of
subdued color clouds - melancholic contemplation.
Jetteke Bolten-Rempt, 2011

Hans de Bruijn (NL)Black on off-white and black and brownish grey
2008

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